Stress is a reaction to excess pressure. This pressure may have origin from personal and work situations.
The dictionary definition of stress includes hardship, strain, physical, emotional or mental pressure.
Nowadays a major part of world population deals with stress due to several factors. Stress is normal in life, huge levels of stress are not normal. The ability to manage and to deal with stressful situations is necessary for a happy and healthy life.
Different people find different things stressful, and can cope with different levels of pressure before “becoming stressful”.
There are a number of common signs and symptoms of stress such as anxiety and tension.
It is very important to learn to recognize stress triggers, and find effective ways to manage stress.
Stress in workplace is very common. It is very important to tackle the causes of stress in the workplace to avoid problems for employees, teams and to the organization as a whole.
Managing stress in the workplace is an essential part of both individual and corporate responsibility.
Stress Management is the ability to control stress level by practicing self-care, relaxation and teaches some techniques to deal with stress when it occurs. It is a “set of techniques and programs intended to help people to deal more effectively with stress in their lives by analyzing the specific stressors and taking positive actions to minimize their effect” (Gale Encyclopedia of Medicine).
Stress Management is defined as the tools, strategies or techniques that reduce stress and diminish the negative impacts stress has on our mental or physical well-being. A diversity of techniques can be used to manage stress, including mental, emotional and behavioral strategies.
Relaxation techniques have been developed in order to help people to deal with stress by learning to relax:
Effective stress management helps break through the waiting stress in life, so that people can be happier, healthier, and more productive. The ultimate goal is a balanced life, with time for work, relationships, relaxation, and fun - and the resilience to hold up under pressure and meet challenges head on.
Crisis is an extreme form of change, and stress management is crucial - the use of specific techniques and strategies to deal with stress-inducing situations. It is necessary to make immediate choices and allocate resources, even when under stressful conditions. Developing coping strategies since early ages in life, allows people to manage stress in difficult situations. Stress management is the process of acquiring and practicing a variety of cognitive and behavioral techniques that are aimed at managing and coping with stress. Coping with stress effectively is all about finding a balance and keeping it at manageable levels. Therefore, one of the most important skills of client-centered help and support on social level is a sufficiently high level of stress management.
This project has been funded with support from the European Commission. This publication reflects the views only of the author, and the Commission cannot be held responsible for any use which may be made of the information contained therein.
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